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* One of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy's'' skits featured "Kenneth the {{Badass}} Mail Clerk [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]]", a KnifeNut who gives half his paycheck to "orphans with diseases".

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* One of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy's'' skits featured "Kenneth the {{Badass}} Badass Mail Clerk [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]]", a KnifeNut who gives half his paycheck to "orphans with diseases".

So why is a nice girl like Alice with him? Indeed, Alice knows [[ChivalrousPervert he's always nice to her when they're together]]; she's seen him do a few good deeds [[AnonymousBenefactor when he didn't know she was watching]]. Like [[PetTheDog reading to orphans]], making [[GoodSamaritan donations to charity]], or just plain [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold helping others]]. Thing is, eventually Alice is going to confront him about his [[HiddenDepths true self,]] call him out for his crime of... kindness.

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So why is a nice girl like Alice with him? Indeed, Well Alice knows of a different side, one where [[ChivalrousPervert he's always nice to her when they're together]]; she's seen him do a few good deeds [[AnonymousBenefactor when he didn't know she was watching]]. Like [[PetTheDog reading to orphans]], making [[GoodSamaritan donations to charity]], or just plain [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold helping others]]. Thing is, eventually Alice is going to confront him about his [[HiddenDepths true self,]] call him out for his crime of... kindness.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat, on ''very'' rare occasions has proven that he does care for his friends. The final episode of the first season ended with him having a PetTheDog moment with Quack Quack (alone, with nobody watching).

* Touched upon in a ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS20E4DieselAndTheDucklings Diesel and the Ducklings]]". Diesel, who is known to be an obnoxious bully to the steam engines and boasts about diesels being superior over them, is shown to be sweet and gentle to ducklings. When Thomas spots him with the ducklings, Diesel tells him not to tell the other engines about his soft side, thinking they will laugh at him. Thomas promises, but with the condition that Diesel keeps being nice towards the steam engines. Throughout the episode, Diesel finds it hard to be nice, especially when his friends Arry and Bert are around. When Thomas finds out that Diesel failed to live up to his promise, he decides to show Arry and Bert the ducklings Diesel was talking to, which nearly leads to him harming them. After Diesel had stopped him from running to them, Thomas praises him for his heroism, which he denies. That is until Arry and Bert begin showing affection towards the ducklings like Diesel has. The episode ends with Thomas stating that all three diesels are big softies at heart when it comes to ducklings.

* In the ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'' novel "For the Love of Evil," the audience finds, of all people Satan is this. He always honors his promises, and felt the most joy when he performed several truly selfless acts. The key is he is still Satan and has a job to do--bringing out the latent evil in souls and reforming dominantly evil souls. [[spoiler:Parry]] himself, apart from his job, is a truly good man. But he needs to keep this deeply hidden for obvious reasons.

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* In the ''Literature/IncarnationsOfImmortality'' novel "For the Love of Evil," the audience finds, ''Literature/ForLoveOfEvil'', of all people Satan is this. He always honors his promises, and felt the most joy when he performed several truly selfless acts. The key is he is still Satan and has a job to do--bringing out the latent evil in souls and reforming dominantly evil souls. [[spoiler:Parry]] He himself, apart from his job, is a truly good man. But he needs to keep this deeply hidden for obvious reasons.

* In [[http://hagarthehorrible.com/comics/march-27-2016/]], tough Viking ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible tells a cute little bird how much he loves the spring, with all the sunny skies, butterflies, and rainbows - then he quickly looks around, and [[BreakingTheFourthWall threatens the readers]] if they tell anyone about that.

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* In [[http://hagarthehorrible.com/comics/march-27-2016/]], com/comics/march-27-2016/ this strip]], tough Viking ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible tells a cute little bird how much he loves the spring, with all the sunny skies, butterflies, and rainbows - then he quickly looks around, and [[BreakingTheFourthWall threatens the readers]] if they tell anyone about that.that.* Whirl and Cyclonus in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. While Whirl's JerkassFacade is more aggressive and stupid compared to grim, foreboding and silent Cyclonus, they both have trouble dealing with others in positive ways, but are still capable of compassion. Both show this in #12. Whirl volunteers to jump-start Rewind's spark, and when Rewind's conjunx endura Chromedome offers him ''anything'' for doing so, all Whirl asks is that Chromedome stop hugging him. Meanwhile, Cyclonus scorns Tailgate's ritual offering of innermost energon and tosses the vial to the ground...then stops at the door and goes back to help Tailgate clean it up. It's probably why, once they stop trying to kill each other, they get along so well.

He'll acknowledge it of course, reluctantly, only to threaten grievous bodily harm on Alice should she breathe a word. But the secret will be out. Even if Alice tells no one else, it will mark a milestone in the CharacterDevelopment of both, and viewers will be better able to sympathize with him.

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He'll acknowledge it of course, reluctantly, only to threaten grievous bodily harm on Alice should she breathe a word. But the secret will be out. Even if Alice tells no one else, it will mark a milestone in the CharacterDevelopment of both, and viewers will be better able to sympathize with him.him. Especially if he's a SergeantRock.

* BittersweetCandyBowl has Paulo and Lucy; Paulo tries to keep up an outward appearance of being a Ladies' Man, but deep down he actually respects the women around him and is always happy to help them out for completely altruistic reasons. Likewise Lucy has a [[{{Tsundere}} prickly exterior]] but is a total sweetheart towards her pets.

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* BittersweetCandyBowl ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' has Paulo and Lucy; Paulo tries to keep up an outward appearance of being a Ladies' Man, but deep down he actually respects the women around him and is always happy to help them out for completely altruistic reasons. Likewise Lucy has a [[{{Tsundere}} prickly exterior]] but is a total sweetheart towards her pets.

He'll acknowledged it of course, reluctantly, only to threaten grievous bodily harm on Alice should she breathe a word. But the secret will be out. Even if Alice tells no one else, it will mark a milestone in the CharacterDevelopment of both, and viewers will be better able to sympathize with him.

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He'll acknowledged acknowledge it of course, reluctantly, only to threaten grievous bodily harm on Alice should she breathe a word. But the secret will be out. Even if Alice tells no one else, it will mark a milestone in the CharacterDevelopment of both, and viewers will be better able to sympathize with him.

* Aburame Shino from ''{{Naruto}}'' is tall, silent, ruthlessly intelligent and has the creep vibe going for him with his manipulation of chakra-eating insects. He also threatened Naruto to never tell ''anyone''...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiA8YR1f80&feature=player_detailpage#t=571s that he has a sense of humor]].

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* Aburame Shino from ''{{Naruto}}'' ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is tall, silent, ruthlessly intelligent and has the creep vibe going for him with his manipulation of chakra-eating insects. He also threatened Naruto to never tell ''anyone''...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiA8YR1f80&feature=player_detailpage#t=571s that he has a sense of humor]].

* Kyouya Ootori from ''{{Ouran High School Host Club}}'' is cool, calculating and apparently only acts when it's within his interests. However, he's genuinely caring and considerate, and simply maintains an indifferent facade. He's also incredibly gracious and forgiving towards his near-abusive father.

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* Kyouya Ootori from ''{{Ouran ''Manga/{{Ouran High School Host Club}}'' is cool, calculating and apparently only acts when it's within his interests. However, he's genuinely caring and considerate, and simply maintains an indifferent facade. He's also incredibly gracious and forgiving towards his near-abusive father.

* Roxy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' is usually presented as a hard-as-nails JerkAss however when she leaves The Misfits in one episode her nicer side appears. While she's still not a NiceGirl she's much more happier and sweeter than when she is around Pizzazz.

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